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January 31, 2008
momentum
2007 has left and now I find it's the last day of January. Fortunately everyone here at the Cooley casa has escaped the illness I've seen passed around at work or in other families. I'm so thankful that we have been able to enjoy Willem and jump into the new year with full of momentum without being set back in our health.
I thought I would take a few minutes and reflect on the wrap up of last year and the launch of this one.
Photography:
I uploaded new holga and other images here. I still have a few rolls left to scan and explore. Many of these need a bit more retouching or re-scanning. On the topic of photography check out this plugin for safari or firefox:
Film:
I found "Once" to be a nice inspiring piece of work, though after the second time through the sequence of events in the recording studio seemed a bit too magical.
My brother got me "Sigur Ros: Heima" boxed set for Christmas. This film exceeded all my expectations. It's great to watch over again or even have playing in the background while I work. There is just a rich creativity in their music that's instant inspiration to feed on.
Helvetica was also high my list of favorites. Great interviews, great topic, and wonderful type.
I suppose I could write reviews on Juno, Atonement, No Country... but that what film reviews are for which are written much better than my ramblings.
You might also want to check out this video Bjork and Gondry made called Declare Independence It's beautiful in it's strangeness.
Music:
Really, nothing stands out to me as much as In Rainbows in brilliance. I'm also hooked on npr music online. I've been exploring more mountain / folk music lately. Amber picked me up a mountain dulcimer for christmas. I'm sure our street is breaking some kind of record on the amount of dulcimer playing residents in a given population. I'm looking forward to spring when everyone ventures out on their porches with instruments in hand.
Posted by mark at January 31, 2008 9:30 AM
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